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W. W. WORMOOD, OF

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Letters .Patent No. 99,616, dated February 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FAREBOXES FOR STREET-CARS.

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The Schedule referred to in these lictters Patent and making part of thenaine.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, W. W. WORMOOD, ofDubuque, in the county of Dubuque, and State of Iowa, have invented anewand improved Pay-Box; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being 'had to the.accompany-ing drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object-of this invention is to provide an improved construction andarrangement of that class of pay-' boxes for street-cars, omnibuses,Sto., wherein the fares are deposited by the passengers, and so arrangedthat they may be seen by the conductor, but so that he may not haveaccess to the money or tickets deposited.

The invent-ion consists in an improved larrangement for ldisch-.ingingthe fares from the rst receptacle and depositing and securing them inthe space below, as is required to keep the said iirst receptacle clearfor the better inspection oi' the fares as they are deposited, and topreventaccess thereto by the conductor.

Figure l represents a side elevation oi' my improved pay-hox Figure 2represents an opposite side view;

Figure 3,1epresents a sectional elevation, taken on .the line :c x ofiig. 4; and

`driver is the glass or other transparent substance E,

to permit the drivel' to inspect the fares as they are deposited uponthe curved shelf F, below the said oriiices, for iirst receiving andtemporarily holding :the fare until inspected. This shelf is so arrangedrelatively to the case, as to prevent the escape of the fares. to thespace Gr below, except at one end thereof, ad-

jacent to the inner side of 'the periphery-wall of the said case, at H,and the case must be turned on its axis to bring the point H oi' theshelf low enough for the contents to slide off into the said spacebelow.l

Below this passage, at H, another shelf, I, is placed and so arranged asto receive the faresand hold them until the box is turned back, -whenthey slide off into the bottom toward the closedend of the shelf H, fromwhich it is impossible to remove them by any devices inserted at theorifices C D, owing to the relative arrangements of the two shelves.

The dotted lines Il Iindicate the positions of these two shelves whenthe box is turned for discharging from the shelf F. l

K represents the door for removing the fares. It may be locked orsecured in any preferred way.

L represents a stop-bar, and N O stops on the box, to strike against itto arrest the movement of the box in each direction, at the properpoints, and P is a knob for turning it.

The box may be .weighted or otherwise arranged to maintaintheueceivingorifioes at -the top.

I-Iaving thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lett-ers Patentl A circular orother formed pay-box, arranged vfor' oscillation upon trunnions, andprovided with the receiving-shelf F, guard-shelf I, and otherwisearranged substantially as specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this. 18th day ofJune, 1869.

- W. W. VVORMOOD.

Witnesses FRANK BLocKLEY, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

